Hearings waived in robbery case

Wednesday

Jan 29, 2014 at 6:30 PMJan 29, 2014 at 6:30 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

Two Hudson men charged with breaking into a Morenci home and robbing a woman of more than $10,000 in cash waived preliminary examinations Wednesday in Lenawee County District Court. Austin Keith Richardson, 19, and Timothy Allen Kier, 20, were bound over to circuit court for arraignment Feb. 12 on charges of first-degree home invasion, unarmed robbery, larceny and conspiracy.

They were arrested after a Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department investigation of a reported Dec. 4 robbery at a home on Wilson Street in Morenci. The victim reported two masked men broke into her home and took cash that her niece had left with her. The money came from a settlement, according to the sheriff’s department.

The two suspects remain in jail in lieu of bonds totaling $300,000 for Richardson and $225,000 for Kier. Two other suspects charged with lying to police during the investigation pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor counts on Jan. 17 in district court. Sarajane Muniz, 44, and Ari Marie-Nicole Wright, 18, both of Hudson, were released on personal recognizance bonds pending sentencing on Feb. 27.

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